"Ah! Then there are no people on the Earth?"
“啊！…怎么，难道说地球上没有人吗？”
"This is the desert. There are no people in the desert. The Earth is large," said the snake.
“这里是沙漠，沙漠中没有人。地球是很大的。”蛇说。
The little prince sat down on a stone, and raised his eyes toward the sky.
小王子坐在一块石头上，抬眼望着天空，说道：
"I wonder," he said, "whether the stars are set a light in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again... Look at my planet. It is right there above us. But how far away it is!"
“我捉摸这些星星闪闪发亮是否为了让每个人将来有一天都能重新找到自己的星球。看，我那颗行星。它恰好在我们头顶上…可是，它离我们好远哟！”
"It is beautiful," the snake said. "What has brought you here?"
“它很美。”蛇说，“你到这里来干什么呢？”
"I have been having some trouble with a flower," said the little prince.
“我和一朵花闹了别扭。”小王子说。
"Ah!" said the snake.
“啊！”蛇说道。
And they were both silent.
于是他们都沉默下来。
"Where are the men?" the little prince at last took up the conversation again. "It is a little lonely in the desert..."
“人在什么地方？”小王子终于又开了腔。“在沙漠上，真有点孤独…”
"It is also lonely among men," the snake said.
“到了有人的地方，也一样孤独。”蛇说。
The little prince gazed at him for a long time.
小王子长时间地看着蛇。
